fairly good but not excellent 过得去的；尚可的 She put on a passable imitation of a Scottish accent. 她装出一副还过得去的苏格兰口音。 He served a bottle of very passable wine with the meal. 他随餐端上了一瓶很过得去的葡萄酒。 She did a passable job of fixing her make-up. 她化妆做得还过得去。
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if a road or a river is passable, it is not blocked and you can travel along or across it 通行无阻 The mountain roads are not passable until late spring. 山路要到春季末期才能通行。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc2The main staircase was just passable. 主楼梯还过得去。 making the roads passable for light vehicles 使道路适合轻型车辆通行
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from passer ‘to pass’.